Medicinal slipper



Dec. 29, 1953 H. R. L .Ewls

MEDICINAL 'SLIPPER Filed Aug. 16, 195o- INVENTOR.

5M W 14AM/ML Patented Dec. 29, 1953 MEDICINAL SLIPPER Herbert R. Lewis, Oak Park, Ill., assignor of onehalf to John J. Lawler, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 16, 1950, Serial N o. 179,708

Claims.

This invention relates to a slipper to be used for applying medicinal treatment te feet. It is now popi foot treatment to apply various types of oil, like castor oil, to ieet in bath-like treatment. This is a troublesome process involving immobilizing the patient and often causing oil spots and stains in the home. Also, cleaning up pans and the like is trouble-some and the waste of oil is uneconomical.

It is the particular object of this invention to provide oil-tight slipper which eiectively applies the oil While permitting the patient to move about by walking.

Another object is to provide a medicinal slipper that prevents waste of oil while permittingeffective massage.

A still further object is to provide an inexpenm sive medicinal slipper that will permit the slipper to bo discarded with the used cil so that new slippers and oil may be used for subsequent treatments.

Other objects and beneiits will be disclosed in the following descriptions and drawings in which:

Fig. l is a tcp plan View of my medicinal slipper;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the slipper;

Fig. 3 is a reduced plan View of the top iront section of the slipper;

Fig. Il is a reduced View of the rear top section of the slipper;

Fig. 5 is a reduced plan view of the bottom element of the slipper.

New, referring to the drawing and at the outset to Figs. l and 2, it will be observed that I have provided an ankle length slipper commonly known as a Romeo. rihis slipper is formed of a bottom element Eil, a tcp iront element il and a rear top element i2 which are treated to form a liquid chamber adapted to receive and retain medicinal liquid. These simple elements are sewed tog: yier by a lap stitch seam closure I3, and a pair of side lap stitch closures i4. This provides a simple, inexpensive preferred form of my invention wherein. the slipper is retained on the foot, although it is fully appreciated that many other forms of slipper may be provided to give similar, if reduced, results.

I prefer to make my slipper of a flexible, rather tough, crepe paper and when completely formed to treat and impregna-.te the completed sewn slipper on the inside with a spray or oil-tight liquid, such as parafn so that the same forms a liquid chamber. This effectively provides an oil-tight closure to the entire assembly including the stitched connections. As an optional structure, a slipper formed integrally of a papier-mache' or other form of cheap paper product may be substituted for crepe paper and I do not wish to be limited to the exact form illustrated and described.. I desire to point out that my preferred form, made of iiexible crepe paper, is very desirable on account of its low cost and iiexibility. It

(Cl. 12S-260) will be notedthat the slipper is made common for both rights and leits and is made in a form that may be folded iiat for compact storage. Naturally, only a few sizes will accommodate the entire range of users because I Wish to provide a rather loose slipper that will permit effective mas, sage while giving full protection against spillage and possible damage to :doors and carpets. The slippers are so low in cost that used slippers be discarded and new slippers used or subsequent treatment. The Romeo-type slipper may be readily slipped on but will not readily slip off, which permits the user to wall; around when he so desires.

Having' thus explained my invention, I now claim as new:

l. In a medicinal slipper, a sole of liduichproof flexible crepe paper, a top portion of crepe paper, secured to said sole and entirely surrounding said solo portion with paraiiin-like impregnaticns upon the inside of said crepe paper for forming a liquid chamber, and. means including,r the structure of the slipper to retain the slipper on the feet.

2. In. a medicinal slipper, portions forming a footV enclosure made of flexible crepe paper tightly sewed together, and. paraffin-like impregnation inside the root enclosure to retain the medicinal liquid.

3. In a medicinal slipper, a sole portion oi crepe paper, a top portion of crepe paper secured to said sole portion and entirely surrounding the same and forming a foot enclosure and like impregnations inside of said closure for forming a liquid tight vessel of slipper.

4. In a medicinal slipper, a sole of fle terial, a top portion of eaicle mater to said sole and extending entirely around s sole and forming a chamber aparairlne irnpregnations inside said chamber for creating a liquid tight chamber.

5. In a medicinal slipper, a sole ible material, a top portion made o terial and sewed to the sole entirely same and forming.r a foot enclosure and like impregnations inside said enclosure for forming the same liquid tight.

HER-BERT nib-le ina- LEIWIS.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

